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Fresno State defense may finally have turned a corner

Las Vegas

It has been a challenge since Day One for Fresno State coach Tim DeRuyter: Look back at the 2012 roster, and there were only three returning scholarship cornerbacks.

While the players were talented, there was not even a two-deep. And in developing that position group, there have been hits but also misses that showed on the field – most glaringly two seasons ago when footballs went flying over their heads in frustratingly routine fashion. Pass, catch and the official is there, arms in the air.

But that could change this season, even with two key pieces down.